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-5- 1 Public Works Department Projects Aimed Toward Greater Safety for Walkers is Councilmember Marks commented that he perceived the striping of the 3 walkways in the Silver Lake Road and 29th Avenue intersection would do 4 much to provide the' above for those leaving buses and other persons 5 walking along 29th. ' He then brought up two other areas where 6 conditions might be unsafe which he had mentioned at the last Council 7 meeting. Mr. Childs indicated he would again draw the Public Works 8 Director's attention to problems with the park steps and the protruding 9 manhole cover the next morning. 10 Public Forum on Recycling Scheduled for Council's November 22nd Meeting 11 Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo reported he had been "inundated" with calls the 12 previous Wednesday and had four calls waiting for him at home when he 13 returned from a meeting Thursday evening. He said he had a hard time 14 figuring what had prompted the calls until he had gotten a copy of last 15 week's Bulletin where his comments about resident disinterest in the 16 recycling had been highlighted. The Councilmember said many of the 17 calls had not been "anti-recycling but were rather from residents who 18 were disturbed with the process which had been followed in choosing 19 Waste Management as the City's only hauler for recyclable materials. 20 Some indicated they perceived inadequate notice of the hearing had been 21 provided. 22 The Notice of the Public Hearing had been published in the Bulletin on 23 September 7, 1988 and the Bulletin newswriter, Larry Jones, indicated he had used his article which gave the hearing date as a reference for the article the previous week about which the Mayor Pro Tem was 26 speaking. 27 Because of the controversy, Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo indicated he "could 28 no longer be comfortable with going forward with the process without 29 first advertising for bids from waste haulers to do the City's recycling 30 and holding some sort of public forum where the residents would be 31 invited to voice any concerns they had. He said he was certain staff 32 had indicated during the September 27th hearing that the City would 33 be going out for bids during the 90. day waiting period, but now was 34 told that wouldn't be done. 35 Councilmember Enrooth who had served as the Council's liaison person 36 on the Recycling Task Force, responded by saying it was his 37 understanding of the Waste Management Act that the City had conformed 38 to those requirements by seeking proposals from Knutson, Super Cycle, 39 Reuters, and Waste Management, Inc. 40 Mr. Childs affirmed that state law allows cities to contract for solid 41 waste haulers without going for bids as long as there is a 90 day 42 interim between the adoption of the resolution after a public hearing 43 indicating "the City's intent to .organize the collection of solid 44 waste in the City and inviting the participation of interested persons 45 in planning and establishing the organized garbage collection. " He reiterated that the September 27th hearing had been held following five